Help me : judge me

[MillerD]

Hi , I would love to know what you think of those pictures.
Thank you !

 

[ClickAddict]

Try narrowing it down to just a few 2-3 photos. (And number them) Makes it much easier to get good detailed critique back.

 

[ClickAddict]

Oh, and from what I see I like them. I like the one with the four people in descending height a lot, although I find that the left hand side is a little too bright. Would knock down the highlights or exposure on that side a bit but otherwise I really like the feel of it.

 

[budget cruncher]

I would love to know what you think of those pictures.

What? All of them?

O.K., they're displayed as thumbnails and they're in a group.

 

[Watchful]

Nice pics.

 

[MillerD]

Thank you all !

 

[Watchful]

Just remember, this is not a forum for the worlds best photographers, these are just people that own cameras and take pictures, everyone here takes both good and bad pictures.
Sometimes the ones they think are good are good, sometimes not. Photography is subjective.
The person you need to worry about pleasing is you.
Stay happy.

 

[budget cruncher]

Hi , I would love to know what you think of those pictures.

As a body of work, I see these as the typical travel shots, and as such is so diverse that there is nothing holding the group together.

As for a detailed critique, may I suggest that you select one photograph for which you would like to have C&C, start a thread, post that one, and give a bit of background on it.

Search the threads for how to post images for critique, there's a thread on that.

 

[otherprof]

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Thank you !

I like the light in the lion shot. I do think it would be improved by cropping out the right side to just about where the track goes into the water.

 

[robbins.photo]

Just remember, this is not a forum for the worlds best photographers, these are just people that own cameras and take pictures, everyone here takes both good and bad pictures.

Well we've got a guy that's gotten his work published on the cover of a national magazine, another who's been interviewed by Tamron, folks that have their prints featured in art shows, a fantastic pool of avid hobbiests who's shots are as good as those you'll see in most magazines - so I'd say all in all the talent pool here is pretty good.

Sometimes the ones they think are good are good, sometimes not. Photography is subjective.
The person you need to worry about pleasing is you.
Stay happy.

For the Op: This I would regard as pretty awful advice actually. One of the major benefits of the forum is that you can post your work and get honest feedback, helping you to improve. Not all of the criticism you will receive may be on point, but try to keep in mind that when you post your work and ask for critique that the people who are going out of their way to offer it are usually doing so with a genuine desire to help you improve.

If you approach this from a "I'm perfect already" point of view, you'll never really learn anything you don't already know. If however you look at this as a learning opportunity, you'd be downright amazed at how much you can learn. We have a lot of really top notch photographers here, despite what various members of the peanut gallery might think.

So I would encourage you to ask for and accept critique. In the end you might decide that you prefer doing something one way as opposed to something that someone else might suggest, and that's fine - it's ultimately your decision.

But you'll be a much better photographer if you know what rules your breaking and why than you ever could be if your completely ignorant of the rules in the first place and breaking them willy nilly simply because you had no idea they existed.

Just my 2 cents worth of course. YMMV

 

[The_Traveler]

If we look at one, there are some sensible things that can be said.
First, imo, this picture is really oversaturated.
Note the blues that look like they are electified.
Ease back on the saturation slider a lot.
There is a decided slant, for no obvious artistic reason, and the picture could have been shot or edited so that the woman was upright.
It's not very sharp, probably due to the overcast, but even so, it could be sharpened some to give it more punch.

 

[The_Traveler]

Make the subject bigger in the frame; don't include stuff that isn't important, like cinder blocks.
Tone down the saturation.
This is slightly underexposed and so his hair is a black blob.
Sharpen the important stuff

 

[robbins.photo]

As an object lesson, the guy saying the people here are just people gets the post disliked, the guy saying they are all great gets his post liked. That in itself will say volumes about the egos.
Socrates said, the only thing I know id that I know nothing at all.
Not many Socrates types here.

No one is perfect and anyone saying they are or that they are better than you is full of baloney.
If you try to improve on what you know and what you can do, you will improve at your pace and enjoy the ride.
If you measure yourself with another person's ruler, you will be vastly better than some and terribly inferior to others, but what matters is how you like what you do compared to what you did before.
OK, anyone who thinks they are better than everyone else can now chime in and say how wrong I am, but, what matters is that I live the way I like and I love the way I live. And I am happy.
That's the most precious commodity ever.

I find it really hilarious that your quoting Socrates and even attempting to draw a comparison between him and yourself when what you are advocating is completely diametrically opposed to the Socratic Method.

The rest of course is hyperbole, no one ever stated they we're any one else's ruler or anything of the kind.

The op asked for critique, received some. Hopefully he can use some it and improve, ultimately that decision is his own.

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[OGsPhotography]

This thread is also about you @Watchful. Happy?

sorry OP I didnt really look at the pictures as Im just here for the comments.

 

[robbins.photo]

As an object lesson, the guy saying the people here are just people gets the post disliked, the guy saying they are all great gets his post liked. That in itself will say volumes about the egos.
Socrates said, the only thing I know id that I know nothing at all.
Not many Socrates types here.

No one is perfect and anyone saying they are or that they are better than you is full of baloney.
If you try to improve on what you know and what you can do, you will improve at your pace and enjoy the ride.
If you measure yourself with another person's ruler, you will be vastly better than some and terribly inferior to others, but what matters is how you like what you do compared to what you did before.
OK, anyone who thinks they are better than everyone else can now chime in and say how wrong I am, but, what matters is that I live the way I like and I love the way I live. And I am happy.
That's the most precious commodity ever.

I find it really hilarious that your quoting Socrates and even attempting to draw a comparison between him and yourself when what you are advocating is completely diametrically opposed to the Socratic Method.

The rest of course is hyperbole, no one ever stated they we're any one else's ruler or anything of the kind.

The op asked for critique, received some. Hopefully he can use some it and improve, ultimately that decision is his own.

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Ruler = measuring device, not king.
Hope that helps.

Which completely fails to address anything of course, simply another distraction. Hopefully the op got something from the actual critique and chooses to ignore the noise. As for me I see no purpose in continuing to add to it. In short your 15 minutes are officially up.

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